🥇 BANNER About as close to the fur-trade holy grail as I am gonna get. The Cross of Lorainne.

[mglentz4125]

Now I have had a couple of decent years of detecting but nothing compared to THIS!

I found a decent fur trade site in the middle of the Michigan woods and was happy to have unearthed a couple pairs of scissors, musket ball, fire-steel, etc. The usual good stuff I love to find. I kept on until I got a decent deep high-tone and started whacking away (but being careful) and about passed out when I saw this thing sticking out from the roots.

This is a bucket-lister I never really thought I would ever see. A French silver 'Cross of Lorainne' stamped 'RC' (Robert Cruikshank / Montreal silversmith) which dates this to the late 1700s. I am not sure I can ever top it.

Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Cheers fellow diggers!!

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

How to Research for Treasure Hunting and Metal Detecting From Lead Generation to Vetting - Grab it through Amazon!

[Cobradude22]

CRUICKSHANK, ROBERT – Dictionary of Canadian Biography

CRUICKSHANK, ROBERT, silversmith, merchant, office holder, and militia officer; b. c. 1748, probably in Aberdeen, Scotland; d. at sea 16 April 1809.

www.biographi.ca

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Family Maps of Hinds County, Mississippi, Deluxe Edition - Grab it through Amazon!

[mglentz4125]

Off the chart buzz! How do you plan to conserve the iron scissors? I have several iron artifacts that I need to finish conserving. For now, all I have done is put them in a bath of distilled water and calcium carbona

I used a soft wire wheel to get down to bare metal then boiled in parafin wax.

 

[scruggs]

Beautiful cross you found!

 

[orange_sweetheart]

View attachment 2050246Now I have had a couple of decent years of detecting but nothing compared to THIS!

I found a decent fur trade site in the middle of the Michigan woods and was happy to have unearthed a couple pairs of scissors, musket ball, fire-steel, etc. The usual good stuff I love to find. I kept on until I got a decent deep high-tone and started whacking away (but being careful) and about passed out when I saw this thing sticking out from the roots.

This is a bucket-lister I never really thought I would ever see. A French silver 'Cross of Lorainne' stamped 'RC' (Robert Cruikshank / Montreal silversmith) which dates this to the late 1700s. I am not sure I can ever top it.

Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Cheers fellow diggers!!

View attachment 2050243View attachment 2050244View attachment 2050245

That is just fabulous! Congrats!!

 

[Calabash Digger]

View attachment 2050246Now I have had a couple of decent years of detecting but nothing compared to THIS!

I found a decent fur trade site in the middle of the Michigan woods and was happy to have unearthed a couple pairs of scissors, musket ball, fire-steel, etc. The usual good stuff I love to find. I kept on until I got a decent deep high-tone and started whacking away (but being careful) and about passed out when I saw this thing sticking out from the roots.

This is a bucket-lister I never really thought I would ever see. A French silver 'Cross of Lorainne' stamped 'RC' (Robert Cruikshank / Montreal silversmith) which dates this to the late 1700s. I am not sure I can ever top it.

Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Cheers fellow diggers!!

View attachment 2050243View attachment 2050244View attachment 2050245

WOWWWWWW!

 

[Gare]

VERY NICE FIND !!! CONGRATS !!!

 

[TORRERO]

I have a question for this thread or any thread similar to this, obviously this is worth some money, but if some day they decided to sell it or any important relic, where would you go and how would you go about doing that ?

 

[Gridwalker306]

What a ridiculously amazing find, congratulations!

 

[gunsil]

I have a question for this thread or any thread similar to this, obviously this is worth some money, but if some day they decided to sell it or any important relic, where would you go and how would you go about doing that ?

There are many ways to sell good finds. Some people put them in auctions that specialize in that type of item. Coins in coin auctions for instance. Others sell their finds online. There are also collector shows for many types of artifacts, I have sold civil war artillery shells at civil war relic shows. Selling at shows is usually good since many transactions are cash.

 

[scruggs]

Congratulations on your Banner Find!

 

[furfort21]

Gotta love those northern Michigan fur trade sites. Congrats on the RC cross